Bridge Building Podcast Episode 15: Teaching Students To Literally Fly With Chris Barry

Just imagine heading to school in the morning knowing that today you are going to soar. Chris Barry's students know exactly what that feels like. They know what it is like to be at the controls of an aircraft.  Undertaking flight training at high school is a reality for these students in Victoria.  Twice Victorian teacher of the year Chris is literally teaching his students to soar. Not just that, he is teaching them the skills required today to become an airline captain in the future.  I think you will love it.  You can listen here to an inspirational teacher, Chris Barry.   Thanks to Chris for the chat     About the Bridge Building Podcast "This is the place where we dissect and then discover the many ways ITD teachers all over this country are using their passion to create passionate students. We talk of measuring and manipulating a multitude of materials of design and divergent thought, of creation with our minds and with our hands. And most of all, we talk of growing great young people because of course that is what we do." So what does that mean other than I like to show off my alliteration skills? Since coming back to teaching a few years ago the thing that strikes me most, and frankly scared me most is how lonely this job is. How little we know about what is happening in our subject area. The classroom next door, a class in the next school, let alone the next town are a mystery to me. I know there are teachers out there doing incredible things and this (the podcast) is a way for me to find out and be inspired. I would like to invite you along to listen and learn, to be inspired by some of the sensational teachers I speak to on the "Bridge Building Podcast – from technology to the trades"   About the Podcast Host Stephen Anderson is a Design Technology, Trade Training and accidental Science teacher at a small high school 2 hours North West of Brisbane.   Over To You To keep this podcast going, I need your help. If you know someone who is doing something spectacular or just great fun in design and tech or in trade training, I would love to know about them. Contact me through my email [email protected]   Music by: Viola Pink My favourite busker from the Nanango markets.